(Closed) Dress shopping!! My journey (pic heavy)

So on a saturday afternoon my mother and Maid/Matron of Honor (my lil sister) set out to find me a dress. First stop was a dress shop with my favorite designer Maggie Sottero. Of course all of these dresses were way over my max budget of $500 so I wont even show you those dresses because it just depresses me I couldn’t get them :(. But then we went to a store in my hometown that all the dresses were under $299. Yes you read that right ALL the dresses were under $299!! So of course we had to check it out.

Here was my first dress I tried on:

The look on my face tells you that it was not for me……

Then I tried on this: But it was too bland for my taste

This one was definitly a really good option but I wanted a dress with pick-ups on the bottom, but I have to say this does look good on me.

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This one I almost got but again it didn’t have the pickups. (my Maid/Matron of Honor is behind me holding it on me because it was about 4 sizes too big.)

These dresses matched so well but again it was not my style. (note we are holding the dresses on eachother because they were again a few sizes too big).

This dress looked too much like a prom dress just in white but I do like the Bridesmaid or Best Man dress my sister is wearing. (Funny story, you see how we look like the same height that is because my sister is barefoot and I am sanding on a 6 inch pedestal!

And then finally “the dress” it was everything I wanted and even had extra length so I could put in pickups, the lady at the store pinned it up to give me a rough idea of wat it will look like. (note: I know this dress makes me look bigger then the other dresses but this is because it was just 1 size to big so we didn’t bother to hold it tight to my body like the others whenit is alter it will look much better 🙂 and the best part?! this dress was only $299 and came with a bolero and and purse to match. A steal right?

How did your dress shopping go? Did you find your dream dress on your first outing?

Wow you looked great in all of those! I love the one you chose but i actually think you should consider not adding the pickups. The top of the dress is so interesting I think it would take away from it.

@socalmeli: you know I have actually been considering that too….. here is a pic of what it lookes like without the pick-ups. I actually may not do the pick-ups just do it in the back so the train has some interest 🙂

Here is the dress without pickups

Here is the back with some pickups to add interest I think I will only do one so I have a longer train and then bustle it so it has the 2 bumps. I hope that makes sense 🙂